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we should perhaps stop using the word "mandates." it wasn't terribly long ago that ronald reagan won 49 states. that's a mandate. it's unthinkable that any candidate can win anywhere close to that. obama won a pretty impressive victory even without a serious third party candidate, he did not get 51% of the popular vote. he won 26 states to romney's 24 states. we'll see time after time very, very close elections. we need to rethink the negotiations of mandates and say this person won the presidency. they need to go forward with that agenda. >> what about the republicans? are they going to do a big rethink here? >> yes, and more than one. it was interesting that the republican governors happened to be meeting this week in las vegas when this news about the interesting comments that romney made to his donors that we just saw and the republican governors, bobby jindal of louisiana did not miss five seconds before they really denounced what romney was saying. the republicans have a lot of things to think about, not of which is their growi
we should perhaps stop using the word "mandates." it wasn't terribly long ago that ronald reagan won 49 states. that's a mandate. it's unthinkable that any candidate can win anywhere close to that. obama won a pretty impressive victory even without a serious third party candidate, he did not get 51% of the popular vote. he won 26 states to romney's 24 states. we'll see time after time very, very close elections. we need to rethink the negotiations of mandates and say this person won...
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Dec 29, 2012
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it took us a long time to do the right thing in civil rights legislation. but we are seeing the perfection if i could use that term of the ways in which the two pears have become polarized in ways that overlap ideology, region and partisan and so the walls are getting thicker and thicker. and buzz of that it trickles down to the state level. and the gerrymandering that we see that reinforces the strength of people in particular pockets in the country means that most members now fear a primary challenge more than they fear a general election challenge and that gives all the incentives for ideolo gs to push -- gwen: is it fair to say that either side is being more intrasigent? >> yes, because they're a more ideological party. the block of conservatives is more than the block of liberals. the competition within the republican party has a higher of purity than democrats do. 60% of the votes that mitt romney got in 2012 were from people who call themselves conservatives. only 42% of the votes the president got where from people who call themselves liberal. a mor
it took us a long time to do the right thing in civil rights legislation. but we are seeing the perfection if i could use that term of the ways in which the two pears have become polarized in ways that overlap ideology, region and partisan and so the walls are getting thicker and thicker. and buzz of that it trickles down to the state level. and the gerrymandering that we see that reinforces the strength of people in particular pockets in the country means that most members now fear a primary...
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May 19, 2012
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i wonder that's a consideration of using his executive authority. is there any reason to think that might happen? >> i don't have any reason to think that. i think for one thing that tim geithner made clear because revenues have been a little more than expected, they have more wiggle room that they can push it into february 2013. the tax cuts would have to be dealt with before that. if the republicans want to do the same thing they did in august of last year, i don't see how the president stops him. >> in spite of all the gridlock, i noticed one thing did happen in the senate this week. they confirmed a couple of people. why did that go through? it seems the only sunshine -- >> you're right. the president nominated a republican and a democrat for two seats in the federal reserve. there apparently was enough said that the fed needed two people that they got the 60 votes they needed. of course these two candidates through the confirmation process. it means since 2006 that the fed has had seven governors. will it make any difference in policy? i think
i wonder that's a consideration of using his executive authority. is there any reason to think that might happen? >> i don't have any reason to think that. i think for one thing that tim geithner made clear because revenues have been a little more than expected, they have more wiggle room that they can push it into february 2013. the tax cuts would have to be dealt with before that. if the republicans want to do the same thing they did in august of last year, i don't see how the president...
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Dec 15, 2012
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he would probably if he used chemical weapons and was backed into a corner used it against his own people but you have also got -- one of the reasons you have patriot missile batteries they're going to move into the area to try to stop and it would only stop chemical weapons if they were on scuds. it couldn't stop them if it was on anything smaller. >> what are the implications of the u.s. moving 4,000 troops and two patriot missile batteries into southern turkey? how does that change anything? >> thousands on the ground -- >> it's not really. i think, frankly, this is more of a political move because i think most of the batteries would be quite far away from the syrian border. so it's not -- i think one of the really important things is to see exactly where those batteries would be located, to see if you really could set up a no-fly zone, whether they would be affected. what i have seen so far they wouldn't be and it's more support turkey and more domestic problem for turkey so they want something on those borders. but i think generally, the 400 people on the ground aren't really us putt
he would probably if he used chemical weapons and was backed into a corner used it against his own people but you have also got -- one of the reasons you have patriot missile batteries they're going to move into the area to try to stop and it would only stop chemical weapons if they were on scuds. it couldn't stop them if it was on anything smaller. >> what are the implications of the u.s. moving 4,000 troops and two patriot missile batteries into southern turkey? how does that change...
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Dec 1, 2012
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we just wish that you could wake us at the moment they actually decide to get to work. gwen: mike, so you were with the president today, he took this on the road and went to pennsylvania at a toy company at christmas times. >> great pictures. gwen: great picture. and said what? >> i think the election is over but the campaign goes on. keep in mind these are the classic sort of suburban counties that are swing counties that decide elections not only for the control of the house and the senate but, of course, the presidency. i don't think he's too worried about that at this point. gwen: but that he won, yes. >> he's not there for electoral votes, but he's there to move votes in the house of representatives. sue can tell you there are three moderates, republicans, who represent three of the four districts that surround philadelphia to the west. i think that was clearly part of it. i think the opening gambit, if you will, from the white house over the course of the last couple of days, when tim geithner and rod abc news, the whost lie yay son went up and -- white house liai
we just wish that you could wake us at the moment they actually decide to get to work. gwen: mike, so you were with the president today, he took this on the road and went to pennsylvania at a toy company at christmas times. >> great pictures. gwen: great picture. and said what? >> i think the election is over but the campaign goes on. keep in mind these are the classic sort of suburban counties that are swing counties that decide elections not only for the control of the house and...
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plus, he always made us smile. thanks for that, bill. keep up with daily developments with me on the pbs news hour and then we'll see you again right here next week on "washington week." good night. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875, we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years from insurance to investment management, from real estate to retirement solutions, we've developed new ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still. and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by norfolk southern. boeing. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> >>> the following kqed production wa
plus, he always made us smile. thanks for that, bill. keep up with daily developments with me on the pbs news hour and then we'll see you again right here next week on "washington week." good night. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875, we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to...
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the story that sue is going to tell us. what happened? >> i think what closed the deal in the end is republicans showed a tremendous amount of pragmatism in this. they looked at the debate and realized it was a political loser. and they made a decision to neutralize the president's best argument. and so they said that they didn't have to pay for it. the fiscal congress that has drawn such a hard-line on fiscal issues walked away from a commitment to pay for the tax cut. a lot easier to pass legislation when you don't have to pay for it. and the speaker's office has been fairly pragmatic in saying this is a success for the president. but where they succeeded is they have neutralized what is a very potent political attack by the white house. and for the president that this is an ineffectual congress and this is an obstructionist congress. and the reality is this bill affects millions of americans. and there was going to be very real consequences. and voters have shown a real distaste for brinksmanship politics. and from the payroll tax cut
the story that sue is going to tell us. what happened? >> i think what closed the deal in the end is republicans showed a tremendous amount of pragmatism in this. they looked at the debate and realized it was a political loser. and they made a decision to neutralize the president's best argument. and so they said that they didn't have to pay for it. the fiscal congress that has drawn such a hard-line on fiscal issues walked away from a commitment to pay for the tax cut. a lot easier to...
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pete: tell us a little bit about the calculations for morsi. as i understand it, the people on the street in egypt are not necessarily urging him to look for peace. they sort of like the idea of turning up the heat on israel. so what's the line he's walking? >> it is a difficult and dangerous line for him. you're right. the people that traditionally have been his base of support are very much on the side of the palestinians in this case. very much outraged at what they saw as israel's heavy handed response. to the rocket attacks. and yet he chose to put that aside. which is one thing that president obama i think likes about him. president obama sees in president morsi a man who has been an engineer, precise, no guff, no nonsense and not as ideological as a lot of people would have thought a muslim brotherhood president would be. pete: and a new relationship between president obama and prime minister netanyahu? >> well, that's really good question, isn't it? their relationship is complicated on multiple levels. there's this continuing conflict w
pete: tell us a little bit about the calculations for morsi. as i understand it, the people on the street in egypt are not necessarily urging him to look for peace. they sort of like the idea of turning up the heat on israel. so what's the line he's walking? >> it is a difficult and dangerous line for him. you're right. the people that traditionally have been his base of support are very much on the side of the palestinians in this case. very much outraged at what they saw as israel's...